Tuesday Notes

Tuesday Notes
“Evenings at the Village Gate” shows John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy at their finest, on the cusp of the jazz avant-garde.Photograph by Herb Snitzer / Courtesy Impulse! Records

A Newly Discovered Realm of Accomplishment for John Coltrane

A Newly Discovered Realm of Accomplishment for John Coltrane
A recently released live recording is of equal importance to aficionados and newbies alike.

The NFL’s Running Back Market Has Bottomed Out

Running backs had already lost the positional value war; when Saquon Barkley and Josh Jacobs didn’t get new deals, the NFL’s best ball carriers realized it

It’s not often that a star athlete says he’s so frustrated with his sport that maybe his entire job shouldn’t exist. But that’s where the NFL found itself when Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry, seemingly so dismayed by the news that the league’s three franchise-tagged running backs—Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs, and Tony Pollard—all failed to get long-term contracts before Monday’s deadline, tweeted his frustrations about running back value.

The NFL’s Running Back Market Has Bottomed Out
Running backs had already lost the positional value war; when Saquon Barkley and Josh Jacobs didn’t get new deals, the NFL’s best ball carriers realized it

Colson Whitehead on the heists, fire, and movie magic of his new novel Crook Manifesto

Colson Whitehead on the heists, fire, and movie magic of his new novel Crook Manifesto
The two-time Pulitzer winner is using his Harlem Shuffle trilogy to tell the history of New York.